“The rule of law required that an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office into bribery and corruption should be discontinued only by the independent judgment of the director of that office and not in response to a threat by a foreign power.”

“A foreign national who challenged a deportation order made on national security grounds had to show substantial grounds for believing that if he was returned he would face a real risk of being subjected to torture or inhuman or degrading treatment in contravention of article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”

“The procedural obligations arising under art 2 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms applied to an inquest on an United Kingdom soldier who had died of hyperthermia while on active service in Iraq.”